PARTING WORDS—a pantoum poem

PARTING WORDS—a pantoum poem


No, I’m not angry with you,
It’s only that I am sad.
I wish your promise be true.
I wish I had your love had.

It’s only that I am sad,
But no, I do not repent.
I wish I had your love had,
We had tender moments spent.

But no, I do not repent,
Parting was our destiny.
We had tender moments spent,
Those moments are still with me.

Parting was our destiny,
In next life we shall yet meet.
Those moments are still with me,
We shall those moments repeat.

In next life we shall yet meet,
I wish your promise be true.
We shall those moments repeat,
No, I’m not angry with you.



* Written in pantoum style in 7-7-7-7 format

*The Pantoum style is a French style, originally from Malaysia. It is an abab quatrain where the first and third lines of a stanza are same as the second and fourth lines of the previous stanza. In the last stanza, the second line is same as the third line of the first stanza while the last line of the poem is same as its opening line.


* Other poems in this style:

"DEATH & DESTINY: a pantoum-Editor's pick" 

"MERRY CHRISTMAS:a pantoum —winner" 


M C Gupta
December 21, 2004